CFIA Testing Inconclusive Potential Canadian BSE Sample (CattleNetwork.com) WINNIPEG (Dow Jones)--The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is currently running tests on an inconclusive sample from a mature Canadian animal, that may or may not prove to be the country's latest case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or mad cow disease, a CFIA spokesman confirmed late Tuesday. [News Source]

US eartags to include price of livestock tracking (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Two U.S. makers of high-tech ear tags for livestock will sell models that include the cost to producers of enrolling their herds in a nationwide tracking system to combat mad cow disease, officials said on Tuesday. [News Source]

In Japan, where’s the U.S. beef? It has been weeks since Japan dropped its import ban on U.S. beef and the first shipment went on sale, but the American meat is nowhere to be seen at supermarkets -- except at Costco stores. [News Source]

A beef with the U.S.: 5 Japanese Costcos are only ones selling it. It has been weeks since Japan reversed its import ban on U.S. beef and the first shipment went on sale, but the beef is nowhere to be seen at supermarkets here, except at this nation's five Costco stores. [News Source]

Queasy over U.S. beef (Baltimore Sun) Japanese ban lifted but specter of 'mad cow' deters customers It's been two weeks since Japan ditched its import ban on U.S. beef and the first shipment went on sale, but American beef is nowhere to be seen at supermarkets here - except at this nation's five Costco stores. [News Source]

Despite End of Ban, Mad Cow Fears Lead Many Japanese to Avoid U.S. Products (The Ledger) TOKYO -- It's been weeks since Japan ditched its import ban on U.S. beef and the first shipment went on sale, but American beef is nowhere to be seen at supermarkets here -- except this nation's five Costco stores. [News Source]

NATIONAL AND WORLD BRIEFING The Quote (Hartford Courant) "It's scary - all this talk about mad cow disease. I've had foreign beef before but it tastes different." [News Source]

Queasy over U.S. beef (Baltimore Sun) Japanese ban lifted but specter of 'mad cow' deters customers It's been two weeks since Japan ditched its import ban on U.S. beef and the first shipment went on sale, but American beef is nowhere to be seen at supermarkets here - except at this nation's five Costco stores. [News Source]

Japan continues to shun U.S. beef (Denver Post) U.S. beef has been slow in entering the Japanese market since the government lifted an import ban two weeks ago, apparently reflecting anxiety consumers still feel about its safety after mad cow disease was found in a few U.S. cattle. [News Source]

Old threats of mad cow in U.S. beef still scare Japan (The Salt Lake Tribune) TOKYO - It's been weeks since Japan ditched its import ban on U.S. beef and the first shipment went on sale, but American beef is nowhere to be seen at supermarkets here - except this nation's five Costco stores. Many Japanese are worried about the safety of U.S. beef. Retailers here say they aren't about to waste their time carrying an unpopular product. Instead, meat-section shelves are [News Source]